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1. Which country, home of Buckingham Palace, first sent out convicts to Australia?
2. Before convicts were sent to Australia, to which other very large country were they sent?
3. The first convicts arrived in Australia on the First Fleet in 1788. How did they initially get there?
4. When the First Fleet arrived in Australia, why weren't the convicts put straight into jail there?
5. Why didn't the early Australian convicts all run away?
6. Within a few weeks of landing in the new colony, many of the convicts were pardoned by the governor, and given free land. Why was this?
7. Were these new convict land grants and small farms in Australia initially successful?
8. Is it true that many of the first convicts in Australia were treated quite well by the colony's original governor?
9. Were any female convicts sent out to Australia?
10. Convict transportation to Australia ceased on the east coast by 1848, and on the west coast in 1868. Why?
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